JAPAN

In research carried out in March 2002 by the City Government of Kawasaki, which involved 2,061 children aged 11-17, 9.7% of children often experienced corporal punishment and 27.9% sometimes experienced it. One quarter of children were against corporal punishment, with 43.9% thinking that corporal punishment was acceptable.

(Information from Initiative for Ending Violence Against Children, www.kodomosukoyaka.net)